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Professor Varanini

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Law professor teaching academic and bar success. She/her/hers. Lover of books 📚, the law ⚖️, pets 🐾, and crafts 🪡. 📍Bay Area

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Professor Varanini @professorvaranini.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
I’m looking forward to reading this 👇
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Doron Dorfman @dorfmandoron.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Such an interesting article on the eugenic roots of the three-strike rules by @danielloehr.bsky.social 👇🔥
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Professor Varanini @professorvaranini.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Whoever finds the mini dog biscuit in the bathroom at work will be very, very confused.
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a black and white dog is sitting on a couch with its tongue out and asking what .
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Professor Varanini @professorvaranini.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
TGIF I preordered myself this book today 😬🥰📚
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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 06/04/2025
I taught a US citizenship class to South Sudanese refugees in Nebraska, 2006-2007. Fleeing civil war, they worked arduous jobs at a meat packing plant. Many had no literacy in any language. But they studied hard for a citizenship exam which many native-born Americans would not be able to pass.
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Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
#booksky #fungrammar
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Professor Varanini @professorvaranini.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Many times when I start an email from my phone, I accidentally type “Ho” instead of “Hi.” 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ Luckily, I catch it often. On the bad days, I don’t. 🫠😵‍💫
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Professor Varanini @professorvaranini.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
💓💓💓💓💓
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Anne Caprara @annecaprara.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
The fight going on in the Democratic Party right now is not between hard left, left and moderate. It’s between those who want to fight and those who want to cave. And Team Fight stretches across all ideological aspects of the Party. Misread this at your own peril.
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Professor Varanini @professorvaranini.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
emotional support pickle 🥒
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Professor Varanini @professorvaranini.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Congratulations and HAPPY PUB DAY to @haksgaard.bsky.social 🥳🥳🥳 Her book looks phenomenal! You can pick up a copy at the link below 👇
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Professor Varanini @professorvaranini.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Attending this webinar today: Marginalization in the Legal Academy: A Case Study of Academic Support. Such a phenomenal panel👏👏👏
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Professor Varanini @professorvaranini.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Very excited for this webinar that’s about to begin: The Future of Bar Admissions. It’s critically important, especially in light of the chaos that was the February 2025 California bar exam and with the Next Gen Bar Exam on the horizon.
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Professor Varanini @professorvaranini.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Looks like the California Bar Exam will be back to in person testing for July: newsroom.courts.ca.gov/news/califor...
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California Supreme Court Issues Statement on February Bar Exam
The California Supreme Court has issued a statement on the "troubling reports of technical failures, delays, and other irregularities" in last week's administration of the California Bar Examination.
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Professor Varanini @professorvaranini.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
A reminder to share your thoughts about the February 2025 California Bar Exam by 2pm Pacific today. It’s so important that The California Supreme Court, Bar Examiners, and Board of Trustees hear from us at tomorrow’s meeting. A short email will do: secretariat@calbar.ca.gov
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Josh Douglas @joshuaadouglas.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
I'm crowd sourcing ideas about why we should care about voter turnout for my new book. If you're interested in providing your thoughts, please respond here: forms.gle/8z5hnK7B1Ppc...
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Why Should We Care About Voter Turnout?
A place for Professor Josh Douglas of the University of Kentucky to crowd source information for his new book, tentatively titled The Forgotten 1/3
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Professor Varanini @professorvaranini.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
The Heritage Foundation has a short survey about DOGE and cuts to government spending if you’d like to share your thoughts: secured.heritage.org/the-doge-sur...
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The Heritage DOGE Survey | The Heritage Foundation
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Heads up, lawyers and law students. The @americanbar.org is stepping up. www.abajournal.com/web/article/...
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Free virtual boot camp seeks to recruit and educate civil rights advocates
The ABA Journal is read by half of the nation's 1 million lawyers every month. It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Professor Varanini @professorvaranini.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
TGIF! I invite you to scream with me, if you’re feeling so inclined.
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Scream Queens Chanel Oberlin GIF
ALT: Scream Queens Chanel Oberlin GIF
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Professor Varanini @professorvaranini.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
This week was extremely difficult for California Bar takers. Approximately 5,000 examinees sat for the California State Bar Exam. A number of changes were implemented prior to the exam and they resulted in a massive exam failure that may have impacted all applicants in one way or another.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Watching @pbs @americanexperience.bsky.social on Walter White, the early and decades-long leader of the NAACP in the first half of the 20th century. LEARN about him. www.pbs.org/wgbh/america...
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Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP | American Experience | PBS
The story of civil rights hero Walter White — one of the most influential Black men in mid-century America and leader of the NAACP from 1929 to 1955, yet one of the least known figures in civil rights history.
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Professor Varanini @professorvaranini.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
If you want to read an excellent and well-researched book on the future of attorney licensing, based on the history of bar exams and law schools, grab a copy of Joan’s book. She provided a discount code! 👇
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Professor Varanini @professorvaranini.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
The State Bar of California will offer a fee waiver for the July 2025 exam to folks who withdraw from February 2025 or who fail the February 2025 exam. Read the press release here: www.calbar.ca.gov/About-Us/New...
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The State Bar of California
Protecting the public & enhancing the administration of justice.
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Professor Varanini @professorvaranini.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
I really love book mail because it combines two of my favorite things. And then it leads to one of mu other fave things: reading! Here’s this week’s book mail 👇
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Michael A. Farrington @mikefromco.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Are you a person who thinks rent is too high? Are you in Denver? Are you free on the 20th of February? Well do I have the event for you: Join us at a casual chance to chat with other folks who are mostly, but not entirely, interested in housing on Thursday, February 20th at Spangalang Brewery!
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Someone at the American Bar Association ate their Wheaties this morning.
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It has been three weeks since Inauguration Day.
Most Americans recognize that newly elected leaders bring change. That is expected. But most Americans also expect that changes will take place in accordance with the rule of law and in an orderly manner that respects the lives of affected individuals and the work they have been asked to perform.
Instead, we see wide-scale affronts to the rule of law itself, such as attacks on constitutionally protected birthright citizenship, the dismantling of USAID and the attempts to criminalize those who support lawful programs to eliminate bias and enhance diversity.
We have seen attempts at wholesale dismantling of departments and entities created by Congress without seeking the required congressional approval to change the law. There are efforts to dismiss employees with little regard for the law and protections they merit, and social media announcements that disparage and appear to be motivated by a desire to inflame without any stated factual basis. This is chaotic. It may appeal to a few.
But it is wrong. And most Americans recognize it is wrong.
It is also contrary to the rule of law.
The American Bar Association supports the rule of law. That means holding governments, including our own, accountable under law. We stand for a legal process that is orderly and fair.
We have consistently urged the administrations of both parties to adhere to the rule of law. We stand in that familiar place again today. And we do not stand alone. Our courts stand for the rule of law as well.
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Professor Varanini @professorvaranini.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Audiobook lovers: here’s a reading/listening challenge for you! 🎧
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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
UPDATE: 8 Dems voted today to confirm yet another Trump nominee during Musk's coup: Bennett (CO), Gallego (AZ), Hassan (NH), Heinrich (NM), Hickenlooper (CO), King (ME), Lujan (NM), Shaheen (NH). If you're a constituent, don't just call - write an op-ed, protest their office, make clear you care.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 02/02/2025
Did you know? The Nazis modeled their race laws after Jim Crow laws. They decided they weren’t harsh enough so the Nuremberg Laws were created which set the stage for the mass murder of over two thirds of Europe’s Jewish population. Jim Crow wasn’t just evil—it was an inspiration for atrocity.
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Professor Varanini @professorvaranini.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
OMG NIKKI BELLA ❤️❤️❤️ #royalrumble
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
This stunning portrait of trailblazing civil rights legal visionary Pauli Murray, now hangs in the Pauli Murray Suite at Howard Law School. The portrait was donated by alumni.
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Hard Drive @hard-drive.net · 30/01/2025
For No Reason in Particular Here's a Bunch of Games Where You Kill Nazis hard-drive.net/hd/video-gam...
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For No Reason in Particular Here's a Bunch of Games Where You Kill Nazis
The Nazis are the most despicable scum to ever walk the face of the earth. Thankfully they were defeated in World War 2 and have…
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
When covering the potential impacts of a RFK Kr confirmation, pls don’t leave out Indian Health Services (the treaty based federal program that provides millions of Native Americans with healthcare). It’s under HHS.
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Professor Varanini @professorvaranini.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
WOW! I’m on a CLEO Town Hall where @repbarragan.bsky.social has pledged $25,000 to CLEO 👏👏👏 She’s a CLEO alum (like me and many others!) and committed to supporting an amazing organization that has been supporting law students for 57 years ❤️ Learn more about CLEO & support them here: cleoinc.org
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CLEO Inc. Pre-Law Programs, Law school Admissions, LSAT Prep Courses - CLEO, Inc.
CLEO EDGE PIPELINE Education, Diversity, & Greater EqualityIn The Legal Profession Our mission is to inspire, motivate, and prepare students from underrepresented communities to succeed in law school ...
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Professor Varanini @professorvaranini.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
This is incredibly thoughtful and informative. (A syllabus of beauty!) Thank you @chenoweth.bsky.social for sharing 🙏
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Professor Varanini @professorvaranini.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
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a woman is saying `` this is the bad place ! ''
Alt: Kristen Bell’s character, a woman with medium length blonde hair wearing a white shirt with black lines, on the TV show The Good Place is saying `` this is the bad place ! ''
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Tor Ekeland @torekeland.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
My dad was tortured by the Gestapo for 4 days and thrown in a concentration camp for being in the Norwegian Resistance. Growing up, he would tell me things he learned in the Resistance. I thought, I'm never going to need this stuff. Here's some of those things #Thread
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Heads up! The @aclu.org Immigrant Rights Project has an EXCELLENT online resource available in multiple languages to walk immigrants or advocates through various scenarios of encounters with immigration officials or police. It includes contact #s for local ACLU offices. www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
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Know Your Rights | Immigrants' Rights | ACLU
Regardless of your immigration status, you have guaranteed rights under the Constitution. Learn more here about your rights as an immigrant, and how to express them.
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Angela Levine @angelahlevine.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
The administration took down the reproductive rights website that women need access to. So The Skimm bought a url and brought the content back. Pass this on! Go to reproductiverightsdotgov.com
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ReproductiveRights.Gov Vanished, So We Brought It Back
theSkimm makes it easier to live smarter. You're welcome. Get all the info you need from AM to PM, wherever you are.
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Professor Varanini @professorvaranini.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Yes! Reach out. Our students and alums need support 🙏
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Mike Ende @ocsdean.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
The federal hiring freeze that went into effect earlier this week has resulted in several of our law students losing summer internships and post-graduate jobs with federal agencies, including the Department of Justice, the Department of Labor, the IRS, the PBGC, and more. /1
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Chris Walker @chrisjwalker.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Attn #adlaw nerds: Call for Papers for Tenth Annual Administrative Law New Scholarship Roundtable here @umichlaw.bsky.social 5/19-5/20: www.yalejreg.com/nc/call-for-...
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Call for Papers: Tenth Annual Administrative Law New Scholarship Roundtable - Yale Journal on Regulation
The University of Michigan Law School is very pleased to host the Tenth Annual Administrative Law New Scholarship Roundtable on May 19-20, 2025. For the past nine years, the Roundtable has offered adm...
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Professor Varanini @professorvaranini.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
I highly recommend Timothy Snyder’s ON TYRANNY if you haven’t read it already. He summarizes each one of the lessons from the book on his substack, which you can read or listen to: open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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Twenty Lessons On Tyranny
From the Twentieth Century
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Professor Varanini @professorvaranini.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
A thread worth your time 👇 (Time is something I’ve thought about a lot, so I appreciate Mishell’s reflections here 💓)
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Lost Under the Couch Barbie. @wstafrican.blacksky.app · 21/01/2025
I just want everyone to stop telling me what they’re afraid of and start telling me what they will bravely do in the face of this.
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Professor Varanini @professorvaranini.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
I am sending so much love and kindness to those that need it 💓
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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
A thread on birthright citizenship I wrote in 2018, that unfortunately remains relevant. I always thought this was where it was all headed. Abolishing birthright citizenship for the non-white and non-rich. And why I teach on United States v. Wong Kim Ark every semester. Who was Wong Kim Ark? 1/
black and white photo of Wong Kim Ark, American of Chinese descent. He is looking straight at the camera.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
A good primer on what Executive Orders can—and can’t—do from @debpearlstein.bsky.social:
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